" The Machal forces were the Diaspora's most important contribution to the survival of the State of Israel "David Ben-Gurion, Founding Father and first Prime Minister of Israel

" You came to us when we needed you the most, during those dark and uncertain days in our War of Independence. " Yitzchak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel and Minister of Defense atthe dedication of the Machal Memorial on April 25, 1993.

The Israel Air Force's first Spitfire, built out of

"junk" left by the Royal Air Force, being test flown by

Boris Senior, a South African Machalnik.

A converted World War II jeep manned by anIsraeli and a Machal soldier. Read more...